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100
What did Iowa voters decide to do in 1844?
What is they decided to begin the steps to become a state.
100
How many counties did Iowa have when it became a state.
What is 44
100
How did Iowa City become the new capital?
What is Settlers were moving beyond the Mississippi and Burlington was to far to reach. Legislator decided to move west to Johnson County and told governor Lucas to select the exact spot for the new capitol. To men rode their horse up the iowa river until they found a beautiful sight. This became the sight of the new capitol Iowa City.
100
Who was included in the Michigan Territory?
What is Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa and parts of Dakota
100
What was Iowa’s population in 1846?
What is 96,000
200
What did Congress create in 1838?
What is the iowa territory
200
how many new counties did Iowa get.
What is 45
200
What was the process like in writing our state constitution?
What is a group met in iowa city and wrote a constituition. one of their jobs was to recommend what the state boundries should be. they approved borders that made iowa bigger than it is today congress wanted to change the boarders but iowans refused to agree to those boarders. eventualy iowa and congress agreed to the boarders
200
Who were Harold Hughes and Robert Ray?
What is iowa governors
200
What was Iowa’s population in 1856?
What is 518,000
300
What happened in 1836?
What is michigan became a state the rest of the territory became the wisconsin territory
300
How many counties does Iowa have today
What is 99
300
Why was Iowa’s capital moved to Des Moines?
What is people were settling in western iowa and desmoines was a central location which is easy for all our citizens to reach
300
What did the work of Hughes and Ray do for Iowa?
What is helped give iowa good and fair state government
300
Where did Governor Lucas select to be the Iowa Territory’s first capital?
What is burlington
400
What was Iowa a part of in 1834?
What is the michigan territory
400
What is pc's county
What is jasper countie
400
How does Iowa play an important role in helping the US select a president?
What is because iowa is the first state to begin choosing delegates presidential canidates all come to iowa to get publicity iowans like the attention that their caucoses get and want to remain first in the nation
400
What are some things the counties were set up to do?
What is set up schools collect taxes provide place to vote
400
What was Iowa a part of in 1834?
What is the michigan territory
500
What happened on December 28, 1846?
What is president james k polk signed the law making it the 29th state
500
What county is part of monroe.
What is jasper county
500
What are the first steps to becoming a state.
What is They had to make borders,laws,and counties.
500
What did the state do to handle the needs of the new arrivals?
What is state created counties
500
What happened as still more people moved to a territory?
What is it became a state